लहजा

See also: लहज़ा and लिहाज़ा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (lahja), from Arabic لَهْجَة (lahja).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /ləɦ.d͡ʒɑː/, [lɛʱ.d͡ʒäː]
Rhymes: -ɑː
Hyphenation: लह‧जा

Noun

लहजा • (lahjā) m (Urdu spelling لَہْجَہ)^[2]^[3]

(linguistics) accent (distinctive style of speech)
Synonyms: उच्चारण (uccāraṇ), तलफ़्फ़ुज़ (talaffuz), स्वरपात (svarpāt)
- 2015, फैंटम (2015 फिल्म) [pha͠iṭam (2015 philm), Phantom (2015 film)] (motion picture), spoken by Amina Bi and Nawaz Mistry (Sohaila Kapur and Katrina Kaif), Malerkotla:
  अमीना बी
      आप पाकिस्तानी हैं?
  नवाज़
      जी।
  अमीना बी
      लहजा अलग है।
  नवाज़
      पारसी हूँ। फ़ैमिली साउथ अफ़्रीका में है पुश्तों से लेकिन पाकिस्तान में कई साल काम किया है।
  […]
  अमीना बी
      मुझे लगता है आपको जाना चाहिए।
  […]
  अमीना बी
      ख़ुदा हाफ़िज़।
  amīnā bī
      āp pākistānī ha͠i?
  navāz
      jī.
  amīnā bī
      lahjā alag hai.
  navāz
      pārsī hū̃. faimilī sāuth afrīkā mẽ hai puśtõ se lekin pākistān mẽ kaī sāl kām kiyā hai.
  […]
  amīnā bī
      mujhe lagtā hai āpko jānā cāhie.
  […]
  amīnā bī
      xudā hāfiz.
  Amina Bi
      Are you Pakistani?
  Nawaz
      Yes.
  Amina Bi
      [Your] accent is different.
  Nawaz
      [I] am Parsi. [My] family is in South Africa for generations, but [I] have worked several years in Pakistan.
  […]
  Amina Bi
      I think you should leave.
  […]
  Amina Bi
      Goodbye.

Declension

Declension of *लहजा* (masc ā-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	लहजा lahjā	लहजे lahje
oblique	लहजे lahje	लहजों lahjõ
vocative	लहजे lahje	लहजो lahjo

References

More information

^ Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka (2008) “lahjā”, in Perso-Arabic Loanwords in Hindustani, Part 1 Dictionary, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 500.
^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “लहजा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 889
^ Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “लहजा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4272

[1] Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka (2008) “lahjā”, in Perso-Arabic Loanwords in Hindustani, Part 1 Dictionary, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 500.

[2] McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “लहजा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 889

[3] Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “लहजा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4272

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